There is a difference between a blob that is caused by excess ink and a filled-in loop.
An ink blob occurs when there was too much ink on the quill or the quill is pressed too hard, which causes the tines to spread wider and lose more ink. Sometimes it occurs when a loop is too small for the width of the quill. Here is an example with a blob. But there are also some loops that appear to have been deliberately filled with a slightly lighter (more watered-down) ink.
This is something different. It's something I have never seen in another manuscript in the sense of using the same color. Overlaying a different color sometimes occurs.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. has a large number of loops that look like they have been subtly filled with a slightly lighter brown, possibly with a brush rather than a quill:
I don't have an explanation for this. There are other folios where the scribe made vertical lines heavier by adding an extra stroke. This is not unusual in medieval manuscripts... there are some styles that use an extra stroke for artistic reasons. But filling a loop is unusual, especially in such a subtle way with the same color.
Is it experimentation? Is it something coded into the letters? Is it playfulness? Is it practice for brush control? I have no idea.
An ink blob occurs when there was too much ink on the quill or the quill is pressed too hard, which causes the tines to spread wider and lose more ink. Sometimes it occurs when a loop is too small for the width of the quill. Here is an example with a blob. But there are also some loops that appear to have been deliberately filled with a slightly lighter (more watered-down) ink.
This is something different. It's something I have never seen in another manuscript in the sense of using the same color. Overlaying a different color sometimes occurs.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. has a large number of loops that look like they have been subtly filled with a slightly lighter brown, possibly with a brush rather than a quill:
I don't have an explanation for this. There are other folios where the scribe made vertical lines heavier by adding an extra stroke. This is not unusual in medieval manuscripts... there are some styles that use an extra stroke for artistic reasons. But filling a loop is unusual, especially in such a subtle way with the same color.
Is it experimentation? Is it something coded into the letters? Is it playfulness? Is it practice for brush control? I have no idea.
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